Character bearing holder



Dec. 7, 1943. c. F. Mn'cHEl.

' CHARACTER BEARING HOLDER Filed Hay 5, 1942 I 'i "Allg/A1111,...

Patented Dec. 7, 1943 Charles F. Mitchel, Rochester, N. Y., assignorto yBastian Brothers Company, RochestenN; Y., a corporation of New York`Appli,cation May 5,1942, Serial'No. 441,855

(Cl. 'l0-L6) 1 Claim.

This invention relates to; a holding button, forV portraits, emblems,`symbols and the like.

One object of the invention isL to provide` a holder for portraits foridentification or; for other purposes on for thel display of emblems,symbols,

and the liketo be carried or wornA by the. user and which includes,` anenclosing casing composed preferably of plasticmaterial andinwhicn thefront or the front and back is transparent.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of a simple,durable, and inexpensive display or other button composed of anysuitable material and which includes an enclosing casing provided withan internal reinforcing member to which and to the casing a garmentattaching means is anchored against accidental disconnection.

With the above and other objects in View, the invention consists in thecombination and arrangement of elements illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing and described in the following specification, it beingunderstood that changes may be made in matter of shape, size, andproportions of the various elements without departing from the spirit ofthe invention or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, so long asdeparture is not made beyond the scope of the appended claim.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 -is a front face View of the invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional View on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a rear view.

Figure 4 is an exploded perspective view.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary View showing the slots in the back of theholder.

Referring now to the accompanying drawing, the reference characters Aand B indicate similarly formed front and back members, respective- 1y,composed preferably, of plastic material, either transparent or opaque,but as shown the front member A is composed of transparent materialwhile the back member is composed of opaque material.

The front member is illustrated as of disk form l provided with aperipheralflange 2, forming a cup-shaped front member. The back memberincludes a disk portion 3 and a peripheral flange 4, forming acup-shaped member. These two similarly formed front and back members areadapted to telescope with each other with their flanges overlapping andwhen in overlapping relation sealed together either by tight fit or byany suitable means, forming an inner recess or pocket C.

The pocket` C; receives; a. picture. mat or' mask 5 of 'disk formationand: of: thinpaper orthe likeY and liesagainst the inner' face ofthe'.transparent front member A and has therein. an opening 6? off anysuitable configuration for the displaytherethrough and; throughf.` thetransparent! front member cfa; portrait on cthengurer or emblem;v

symbol orl the: like: carried; on4 a thin; disk?` ele" ment l,

Af relatively' thick: or stiffsolid' disk 8 lies in'.

the recess or pocket C behind the thin disk element 'I therebetween anda metal disk 9 lying flush against the inner face of the back member B,to maintain the thin disk 'I and the mat or mask 5 together with the mator mask flush against the inner face of the front transparent member A.

The article thus far described might Well be used as a pocket piece,butin order that the article may be securely fastened to a garment, Iattach to the back member B and to the aforesaid internal metal plate 9a common safety pin D. For instance, before the front and rear members Aand B are sealed together to enclose the mat or mask 5, disks 'I, 8 and9, I provide the disk portion 3 of the back member B with oppositelydisposed, alining short and long slots I0 and II, respectively, whichare adapted to register with corresponding short and long slots I2 andI3, formed in the aforesaid metal disk 9, in Which I mount or anchor thesafety pin D.

To accomplish the mounting of the safety pin D on the article, thepointed end I 4 of the bill I5 of the pin is inserted outwardly throughthe registering short slots of the back member and metal disk, carryingthe coil I6 of the Safety pin into the registering short slots andlocating the guard I'I of the safety pin in the registering longer slotswhen the pointed end Ill of the bill I5 may be received by the guard Ilof the pin With the back element I8 of the pin located adjacent theinner face of the metal disk 9, therebetween and the relatively stiffpaste board or other disk 8. The front and back members A- and B maythen be sealed together and the pointed end of the safety pin insertedin or removed from the guard II at will to secure the button to agarment or release it from attachment thereto. Y

The metal disk 9 reinforces the back member B and it may be securedthereto or lie loose therein so long as the slots thereof may registerwith the similarly formed slots in the back member for the mounting ofthe safety pin. The slots of the metal disk and the back member of therear member of the casing, which disk portion is flat throughout itsentire area so that the plastic casing is reinforced where the safetypin is attached. The safety pin is straight and the straightintermediate portion I8 of vthe safety pin iits directly against thefront flat face of the metal disk 9. The tting of the straightintermediate portion metal disk and the arrangement of the end portionsof the safety pin in the slots of the metal disk and the plastic rearmember of the casing enables the safety pin to be used Without liabilityof breaking or otherwise injuring the plastic material of the casing.

What is Aclaimed is:

A holder of the character described Icomprising a; casing including atransparent front frame member having a disk portion and a peripheralflangeV and a back frame member including a. disk portion at throughoutits entire I8 directly against the f area and having a peripheralflange, said frame members being of plastic material connected togetherat their anges, a, disk shaped mask located within the casing anddisposed against the rear face of thedisk portion of the front framemember and having an opening, a thin disk element for displaying aportrait or other matter confinedwithin the casingback of the mask andviewable through the transparent frame member and through the opening inthe mask, a solid disk tted against said disk element, a relativelyVstiff metal disk at throughout its entire area and disposed within thecasing adjacent the in- A ner face of the disk shaped portion of saidback frame member to reinforce the latter, the disk Vportion of Vsaidback frame member and said metal diskbeing slotted to form spacedaligning openings therein, and a straight safety pin having its endportions disposed in the spaced openings of the disk portion of the backframe member and the slotted metal disk with a straight intermediateportion located between the ends of said pin and disposed against theflat front face of said slotted metal disk and the rear face of saidsolid disk, whereby to anchor the safety pin to the holder and tomaintain the metal disk close to the inner face of the back memberandthereby reinforce the latter.

CHARLES F. MI'lCI-IEIIll.V

